Away From Keyboard (AFK) - Reduce eye strain with reminders to take a break

Hey Product Hunt 👋 This is my first launch on this awesome place 😍 Few weeks ago I started going extreme & literally coded for longer periods of time & after 9 hours of rigorous coding my eyes were paining a lot. Although I drink a lot of water, it still didn't help my eyes & they were still dehydrated. Few weeks ago I found out Aware & I loved it. Only it was missing a few features. So I went ahead & made them myself & Away From Keyboard is that product. It is my 2nd product of the 72 hours product challenge. My 1st product was WIP Desktop - A Desktop App made in Electron for https://wip.chat but I didn't launch it here because it was too niche. I tweeted about building it here - https://twitter.com/deadcoder090... Although I didn't make one in under 72 hours yet, as learning new libraries & language takes time I am sure I will be able to build it in the future. This is my first Swift app & I didn't know Swift before doing this. So learned it & launched this. Here's the complete thread from development to production - https://twitter.com/deadcoder090... Here's how it looks like - Menu Bar Screenshot Preferences Window Screenshot Complete Screenshot with all the details about the app So what exactly is Away From Keyboard (AFK) 🤔 AFK is a Mac only app which reduces eye strain with reminders to take a break. AFK tracks movements on the mouse & keystrokes on the keyboard. After a certain interval, it notifies you to take a break & tells you to do some other activity to reduce eye strain. It takes care of your eyes for you without getting in the way. Whether you are a developer, a designer, a gamer or anyone who uses computer for more than 2 hours, you should take breaks often & rest your eyes, every 2 hours, for example. AFK notifes you when you are using your computer for too long & tells you to do an activity so that you get away from your keyboard 😉

I tend to forget to take breaks in front of the computer. Hours goes by and at the end of the day my eyes and my head hurt. AFK helps me taking short breaks, at least for my eyes, to avoid this.

Pros:

Easy to set up.

Cons:

None.

Is this app available for windows?

This solves so many of the issues related to being a solo founder at once! I think it will be seriously useful for me 😍

Pros:

I love the "activities" feature, I think this will help a lot of people form good habits! Super nice & useful!

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None!

Away from keyboard seems to be a good idea because it helps to focus on our eyes and brain which would increase our productivity more and added activity part makes AFK even better

This will be super helpful! I tend to work in sessions that are way too long.

On a sidenote I loved the fact that the whole development was tweeted as a thread!

Pros:

Awesome little tool to stay active while coding!

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None

Sounds cool

Nice Product much needed when one is sticked to the screen for long duration..Cheers!!

I'm part of people who think breaks are important to keep being effective.

Pros:

Great idea to avoid being stuck in front of your keyboard for too long. You're more effective after a small break !

Cons:

I might be tired of seing the notification every X hours.